Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53
इति ते कथितं देवि ह्यक्षमालेश्वरोद्भवम् । माहात्म्यं पापशमनं श्रुतं दुःखनिबर्हणम्
iti te kathitaṃ devi hyakṣamāleśvarodbhavam | māhātmyaṃ pāpaśamanaṃ śrutaṃ duḥkhanibarhaṇam
یوں، اے دیوی، میں نے تم سے اَکشَمالیشور کے ظہور اور اس کی عظمت بیان کی—یہ ماہاتمیہ گناہوں کو فرو کرتا ہے؛ اسے سن لینے سے غم و رنج دور ہو جاتے ہیں۔
Īśvara (Śiva) (addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Akṣamāleśvara (māhātmya-śravaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A closing discourse scene: Skanda addresses Devī, concluding the Akṣamāleśvara origin-story; the atmosphere is calm and luminous, suggesting that the very act of listening dissolves sorrow and sin.
FAQs
Hearing and preserving tīrtha-māhātmyas is itself meritorious and is portrayed as spiritually therapeutic—reducing sin and sorrow.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra through the Māhātmya of Akṣamāleśvara.
Śravaṇa—listening to the Māhātmya with faith—is highlighted as beneficial, alongside prior instructions of pūjā and dāna.